Even though the air war over Southeast Asia was regarded as "limited", the US dropped
A. almost as many tons of munitions on Southeast Asia as it did on Japan in W.W.II.
B. almost as many tons of munitions on Southeast Asia as it did on Germany in W.W.II.
C. many more tons of munitions on Southeast Asia than it did on all W.W.II enemy targets.
D. almost as many tons of munitions on Southeast Asia as we did on all our W.W.II enemies.
E. much more tonnage of propaganda leaflets on South Vietnam than bombs.
ANSWER: C
What was the price of a room at the Hanoi Hilton?
A. To American POWs it was free.
B. It was impossible to get a room there unless you were a communist official.
C. Usually a box of C-Rations would get you in.
D. The Hanoi Hilton was not used during the war.
E. None of the above are correct.
ANSWER: A
The Viet Cong were
A.  North Vietnamese guerrillas who attacked South Vietnam
B.  North Vietnamese army regulars who attacked South Vietnam
C.  South Vietnamese guerrillas who attacked their own government
D. South Vietnamese army regulars who staged a coup against their own government
ANSWER: C
Since the fall of Vietnam in 1975, historians have offered all of the following explanations for U.S. involvement there EXCEPT
A.  the U.S. was trying to save Vietnam from the evils of communism
B.  the U.S. was selflessly attempting to save its friends from foreign aggression
C.  the U.S. wanted to preserve its own economic interests by keeping Vietnamese natural resources available to American industries
D.  the U.S. wanted to impose its own political and economic system on the Vietnamese
ANSWER: B
Escalation of the Vietnam War in the 1960s included all of the following steps EXCEPT
A.  American soldiers began playing an active combat role
B.  American planes began bombing targets in North Vietnam
C.  American forces began increasing rapidly in number
D.  American officials began governing the country in place of the Vietnamese
ANSWER: D
The greatest increase in the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam came during the administration of
A.  Dwight Eisenhower
B.  John Kennedy
C.  Lyndon Johnson
D.  Richard Nixon.
ANSWER: C
One of the primary reasons that the United States could not fully win the Vietnam War was
A.  they employed conventional warfare techniques in an unconventional war
B.  American military forces were inexperienced and understaffed
C.  Congress would not allocate sufficient funds to finance the war
D.  American forces won few of the major battles
ANSWER: A
The American policy of attrition in Vietnam failed because
A.  (A) North Vietnam was able to commit more soldiers and resources to the war than the United States had expected.
B.  (B) the United States relied too heavily on bombing North Vietnam.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
ANSWER: C
Who among the following had broken with the pro-war consensus on Vietnam by 1968?
A.  Harry McPherson
B.  Robert Kennedy
C.  Eugene McCarthy
D.  Clark Clifford	
E.  all of the above
ANSWER: E
Who among the following did NOT publicly break with President Johnson on the Vietnam War at some point before the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
A.  Mike Mansfield
B.  Robert Kennedy
C.  Hubert Humphrey
D.  Eugene McCarthy
E.  Wayne Morse
ANSWER: C
In 1970, to deliver the "knock-out blow" to the North Vietnamese, Richard Nixon    
A. launched his Vietnamization plan.   
B. ordered the bombing and invasion of Cambodia.   
C. announced a cease-fire in Laos and Cambodia.   
D. launched Operation Rolling Thunder over Hanoi. 
ANSWER: B